We just about finished our case of Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout which is 10% so it's a pretty big commitment when you start one (or when I start one, I guess). The case was about $40 which is fantastic for Philadelphia. I know our beer is pricier than everywhere else though.

someone should post a list of breweries to take note of and their best beers and/or some top lists by type of beer (maybe in the first post) cause last time i checked this thread it was around page 150 or so. at least for relatively accessible beers it'd be nice to have a list of things to try next time i pick up some stuff.

can wrote:someone should post a list of breweries to take note of and their best beers and/or some top lists by type of beer (maybe in the first post) cause last time i checked this thread it was around page 150 or so. at least for relatively accessible beers it'd be nice to have a list of things to try next time i pick up some stuff.

I'm fucking bored and wanted to drink cheap garbage while I played Call of Duty with friends earlier, so here I am drinking a fucking Steel Reserve. I'll at least give my two cents about some breweries off the top of my head....

Hell, even new, quiet boarder Melba Toast will give her two cents. First response will be me, second will be her.

Dogfish Head: Sah'tea (Sahti), Olde School (Barleywine)Founders: Both of us say Kentucky Breakfast Stout (Imperial Stout)Bell's: Both of us say Hopslam (Double IPA, although I think no one should sleep on Java/Expo Stout!!)Unibroue: La Fin du Monde (Tripel), Ephemere (Fruit Beer?)Victory: Both of us say Golden Monkey (Tripel)North Coast: Pranqster (Belgian Strong Ale), Old Rasputin (Imperial Stout)Stone: Both of us say Old Guardian (Barleywine)Three Floyds: Both of us would say Arctic Panzer Wolf (Double IPA), although we haven't had like...Zombie Dust or Dark Lord.Southern Tier: Both of us say Gemini (Strong Ale/IPA?).

I didn't expect us to pick a lot of the same choices. I don't know that we can even think of any other breweries that we're well versed enough to make decent choices. Eh.

Jugdish wrote:all i really want is for a woman to know the real me. the one underneath all these false fronts i put up, underneath my clothes, underneath the epidermal layer, inside my bone marrow. i call him "soggy pete."

Anyone have a beatification around? Willing to trade for 6-pack of zombie dust.

Also, found this article on the Anheuser-Busch InBev purchase of Goose Islandhttp://chicagoist.com/2012/04/16/the_honk_heard_round_the_world_goos.php#photo-1Pretty interesting read, but as a non-native Chicagoan, I've never really been all that attached to Goose beers, and I still have a healthy distrust of the big brewers. I understand the defense of "The beer is still the same," but at the same time, the Goose Island beers, especially 312 and the IPA and even their belgians, were never all that great. I'll pick up a BCS from time to time, but sometimes it just doesn't feel right to line the pockets of AB-InBev when I could be supporting someone else.

Maybe I'm being unreasonable about this. The fact that Goose has expanded so much means more people will enjoy Goose and perhaps find other craft beer as well. It does bring up an issue, however. If your favorite breweries (in my case, Firestone Walker, Russian River, Three Floyds and Deschutes) were going through the same thing, would you still buy their product? Maybe this is uninteresting, and I think about beer way too much. Fuck.

It's a shame that they were bought by InBev but if the beer stays the same I'm still in. Bcs, Matilda,softie, pepe Nero, Xmas ale, night stalker are all great. It'd be nice to say fuck InBev but you're just screwing yourself

I only ever tried one Goose Island before they got bought out, I think. It sort of is a bummer to see big dudes buying up stuff, but I gotta imagine if anything, the distribution of shit would get potentially better. I dunno. I'm not NOT gonna drink a beer I like just because some big guy bought them, I guess.

Jugdish wrote:all i really want is for a woman to know the real me. the one underneath all these false fronts i put up, underneath my clothes, underneath the epidermal layer, inside my bone marrow. i call him "soggy pete."

Potential Boarder wrote:Anyone have a beatification around? Willing to trade for 6-pack of zombie dust.

my room mate and i tried really hard to get multiple bottles. i even have some regular trading partners that are in cali and we still only ended up with one bottle each. i am still waiting on the box but when i get it i'll let you know if it is worth the hype.

Oh I've had Beatification before. I'm originally from NorCal. It's probably my favorite sour that they do along with supplication. It's just been a really long time, and my friends there are pretty unreliable douchebags that plan to go to Russian River, then get too drunk at some other bar in the early afternoon and realize no one can drive. Can't wait to head back there in May. Some of my favorite beers are the RR IPA and Porter, which are brewpub only. Hope you enjoy your bottles though.

One of these days I'm gonna have enough money to just fly over to the west coast and I'm gonna drink all the fucking Russian River I can get my hands on.

Jugdish wrote:all i really want is for a woman to know the real me. the one underneath all these false fronts i put up, underneath my clothes, underneath the epidermal layer, inside my bone marrow. i call him "soggy pete."

Potential Boarder wrote:Oh I've had Beatification before. I'm originally from NorCal. It's one probably my favorite sour that they do along with supplication. It's just been a really long time, and my friends there are pretty unreliable douchebags that plan to go to Russian River, then get too drunk at some other bar in the early afternoon and realize no one can drive. Can't wait to head back there in May. Some of my favorite beers are the RR IPA and Porter, which are brewpub only. Hope you enjoy your bottles though.

russian river is my favorite american brewery. really excited to try it.

i think russian river might still have some beat. they had some this weekend. you might want to call first before you send your friends though.

Potential Boarder wrote:Oh I've had Beatification before. I'm originally from NorCal. It's one probably my favorite sour that they do along with supplication. It's just been a really long time, and my friends there are pretty unreliable douchebags that plan to go to Russian River, then get too drunk at some other bar in the early afternoon and realize no one can drive. Can't wait to head back there in May. Some of my favorite beers are the RR IPA and Porter, which are brewpub only. Hope you enjoy your bottles though.

RR IPA makes an appearance at other beer bars, we get it down here some time, but it's draft only. definitely a good beer. it's interesting to try side-by-side with blind pig.

one of their beers i've only seen from growlers from the taproom itself (although a quick BA check shows it's made appearances at monk's cafe in the bay area and a few pizza ports in SD, but those are probably due to friendships with vinnie or something) is rejection, which is a belgian dark ale but really borders on a porter or stout. really good beer, light/sessionable but really flavorful.

letspour.com, a groupon like beer/wine site, had russian river santification this morning for $6 a bottle. they also had a promotion where if you ordered 6 bottles you got free shipping and order 12 bottles and get free shipping and $10 off.

I recently 'inherited' a box of mixed beer from my uncle-in-law, who just retired as the manager of a high end beer & wine store. Apparently he saved these for me and they've been the in laws garage for a year or so.